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Slope Specs: There's No Place Like Stowe Place

Modern amenities notwithstanding, skiing at Stowe still carries a pioneering pedigree and a reputation for challenge that confronted early skiers on the area's original single chair…

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Winter Events Across the U.S.: From Pirates to Polar Bears, Turkey Bowling to Ballooning

Don't let a bit of cold weather keep you indoors this winter. From Florida to Alaska, you'll find a diverse and interesting range of festivals to experience this frosty season.

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Slope Specs: Mammoth Mountain, Southern California's Snowy Giant

October was a harbinger of good things to come at Mammoth: it opened 10 days ahead of schedule and brought about the resumption of commercial air service.

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Global Report: Earthbound News & Sky-High Opportunities for Skiers & Snowboarders

Cover much of Austria with one lift pass, learn to snowboard with the industry leader, and the world's most expensive mountain pass.

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Rockies Report: Airlines Provide an Expressway to the Slopes

Ski discounts from airlines and increased flights across the region make for faster routes to the powder this season.

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Global Ski Report: More Lifts, Runs, and Terrain

Skiers around the globe have more to choose from this season, from secret slopes in Vermont, to more lifts in Alaska, to bigger and faster lifts in Bulgaria.

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Slope Specs: Chamonix, The Monarch of French Mountain Resorts

Chamonix is far from the prettiest of European mountain towns, but in every other respect it is an unsurpassed destination for dedicated skiers, snowboarders, and mountaineers.

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Rocky Mountain Report: Resorts Install State-of-the-Art Lifts

Thanks to new lifts and many resorts getting to the top of the mountain just got faster at ski resorts throughout the Rockies.

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Slope Specs: Why Adelboden is a Little-Known Swiss Treasure

Adelboden is the kind of European ski resort that North Americans always say they hope they will find -- a charming, scenic and slightly out-of-they-way village oasting wide-ranging…

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Lito's Tech Tip: Safety on the Steeps

Here are a few tips that should help already-strong skiers adapt their technique to the sort of steeper-than-usual slopes that can be found at places like Taos Ski Valley.

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Slope Specs: Sugarloaf, A New England Giant Crowned in White

With a lofty summit and long season, these Maine steeps capture the feeling of skiing in the high Rockies.

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Rockies Report: New Spa, Heli-Skiing for Women, and Map Magic

What's going on this month at downhill destinations from Canada to Colorado.

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Lito's Tech Tip: A Powder Primer

Powder skiing is a great liberation from gravity, effort, and worldly cares. But you have to defeat the powder paradox first.

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Slope Specs: Whistler, An Olympic Dream Come True

How a sleepy ski village became on of North America's greatest winter destinations and grabbed the Olympic rings.

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Slope Specs: Solitude & Brighton, Big Cottonwood Canyon's Dynamite Duo

It is no secret that the 2007-08 ski season got a late start in most of the West, but slopes in Big Cottonwood Canyon were quicker on the draw than almost every other resort.

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Rockies Report: Holidays Celebrations Go Downhill

Besides beckoning slopes, Colorado resorts proffer a glittering holiday scene with festive illumination, torchlight parades and other special events, most of which are free.

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Global Ski Report: Chile in the Summer, Birthday Discounts and More

Lock in South American discounts, pay 1930s prices for lift tickets and get the scoop on slope improvements around the world.

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Skate Around the Rink in Rinks Around the World

If you're after more than just re-hashed Christmas carols and cheesy '80s songs during your next foray onto the ice, then pack up your blades and glide around the globe to seven of the…

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Rockies Report: Better Lifts, Beginner's Bargains

Vail upgrades its lift capacity, Colorado makes it cheaper for first-timers, and more news from the continent's best mountain range.

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10 Mountain Destinations Where the Dollar Goes Further

How do you get the most ski time for your downhill dollars? Choose from ski destinations where you get several mountains for the price of one lift-ticket.

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Lito's Tech Tip: Big Turns for Big Mountains

The cruiser's secret weapon is an effortless, energy-saving, long-radius turn -- more elegant and more efficient than the way most intermediate skiers hack their way down the slope.

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Colorado Basics: Skiing Winter Park and Fraser

Winter Park offers great skiing for a moderate price, the snow is great until late in the season, and it's easily doable as a day trip from Denver -- especially if you ride the Ski…

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Global Ski Report: Bigger, Faster and Greener Slopes

Mammoth's lifts speed up, Jiminy turns to wind power, Alyeska widens its runs, and more news from the mountains.

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Slope Specs: Alpe d'Huez, the Glacier-Crowned Giant

Fans who follow the Tour de France know Alpe d'Huez as the finish of a grueling, uphill stage with 21 hairpin turns. In the winter, the village at the top of those turns is the start…

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Lito's Tech Tip: Avalanche Danger & How to Avoid It

Every season hundreds--no, thousands--of skiers succumb to the temptation of untracked slopes outside the ski areas. How do you make sure you won't become an avalanche victim?